The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1887-07-27
CHAPTER XIV.
CLARENCE AND ROSE FORM A BRAVE RESoLU
TON, AND CARRY 1T OUT.

The news of Helen Lakeman's arrest
spread like wild fire all over the Sandy
Fork neighborhood. Mrs. Arnold, with
her head high in the air, in her en-
deavors to see under her glasses, was
ready TO answer any and all questions
in regard to the matter. Mothers Tar
trum and Grundy called on her for
their supply of news, and started about
from house To- house to peddle it out.
The next Sunday, there being preach
ing at the Sandy Fork school-house, the
news was scattered generally. Mother
Tartrum, who sat next to Mrs. Evans,
said:
Didn't you hear about that Lake
man gal? She stole some money at
Judge Arnoid's."
MONEY heard it was bracelet"
Not was money"
"Who told you?'
"Mother Grundy."
"Who told hcr?"
Mrs. Arnold"
81 think there must have been some
mistake about it," said Mrs. Evans.
I'D like to know how?' said Mother
Tartrum, there can't be no mistake
about it..
"Oh, the bracelet must have been
lost and put among Helen's things by
mistake
mo it wasn't" said the tattler,
shaking her head; mo, it wasn't; she
:. I Ia, 4, -
But Helen was such good girl.
There can't be any doubt rs to her in
nocence."
You think that thing was good
gal?" asked Mother Tartrum, who
seemed a special agent to SANDER
Helen.
Yes"
well. she came to Mrs. Arnold's
way in the night with a strange man.
Do you call that a nice gal? She's the
she's the worst gal we had in the
neighborhood. The eyes of Mother
Tartrum sparhled with Indignation, and
the hairy mole OH her cheek trcmbled
with anger.
'.Is that SOP" asked Mrs. Evans.
IL guess it is; Mrs. Arnold tells it,"
Not three seats away Mother Grundy
was harranguing Mrs. Taylor.
wonder what Warren Stuart thinks
o his gal now, Ell? She's bad enough,
| guess. ! guess young men who throw
away such girls us Halhe Arnold for
kircnen gal is sure to get beat. She is
jist as bad as can be, and is now locked
up in Jail for thief"
There was one family to whom the
news of Helen's fall came like thun-
derbolt. 1t was the Stuarts. When
Mrs. Stuart first heard of it she burst
into tears. and said:
..It's all our fault, Jacob! it's all
out fault; we drove her To do it,"
IL don't see how We are To blame"
said the farmer, trying to find some
way of relieving himself from any obi
CATION to the friendless girl.
1--WE drove her away with her poor,
little, crippled brother, out into the
world. The temptation was too great.
Oh, who could blame her? 1t was her
mothers bracelet sold at the sale"
Il can," said the farmer; "nice mess
we like to got into, AN it's blessin'
we got rid of her just when we did, or
we'd had thief in our family. She
had the wool completely pulled over
Warrcn's eyes"
Mrs. Stuart wept n few moments in
silence and then said
"But think, Jacob, of the poor. friend
less child, for she is scarcely more than
Il child, and of the charge she has upon
her."
'Oh, yes. / know
"What do you suppose has become OF
little Amos?'
IL don't know, guess he'll be
taken care of."
At this moment Clarence entered the
room. He had just come in at noon
from blowing. This was on Monday,
the day after Mothers Tartrum's and
Grundy's issue II information. Clar-
cnce had not been Ia church and had
only been told an hour ago by Henry
Stuckley. who was riding down the lane
aud called him Ia come Ia the fence and
rest. The honest face III the boy was
red with anger
Father" he gasped. "havs you
a a.